Jasbir Toor v. Loretta E. Lynch

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

In 1996, Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), which inter alia provides all noncitizens a statutory guarantee that they may file “one motion to reconsider a decision that the alien is removable from the United States,” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(6)(A), and “one motion to reopen proceedings,” 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7)(A). See Dada v. Mukasey, 554 U.S. 1, 14, 128 S.Ct. 2307, 171 L.Ed.2d 178 (2008) (“[T]he statutory text is plain insofar as it guarantees to each alien the right to file ‘one motion to reopen proceedings…